Vanessa Williams-Grey
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Who's he trying to fool? HB Grandi's marketing man attempts to deny links with whaling
I am amazed at what we Northerners would call the brass nerve of Brynjólfur Eyjólfsson, marketing director of HB Grandi, Iceland‘s leading fish company, in…
Read MorePublic support for whaling drops in Iceland
As of today, the number of fin whales killed by Icelandic whalers has risen to 111, whilst 35 minke whales have also been killed. However…
Read MoreFin whale death toll edges closer to a hundred in Iceland
Latest figures (August 12th) from the Iceland Fisheries Directorate give a total of 89 fin whales killed by Kristjan Loftsson’s fleet so far this…
Read MoreDesperate Icelandic minke whalers now have humpbacks in their sights
Iceland’s minke whalers have announced their interest in hunting humpback whales for ‘scientific research’. Gunnar Bergmann Jonsson, director of the Minke Whalers’ Association, has…
Read MorePitiful waste in Iceland
This is not how Saturday evenings are meant to be spent. Whilst most of Europe basks in a heatwave, I stand shivering on a remote…
Read MorePitiful waste – WDC witnesses fin whale butchery
Another fin whale was landed at the Hvalur station at Hvalfjörður this evening, bringing the total this season to 35. WDC staff, in Iceland to…
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